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  1. Dan Newberry

    Designated Marksmanship Match and Training in Southwest Virginia July 12, 2014

    Should be a great event, and worth the attendance. Email or PM Parker (silentbushmaster) to see if there are any "walk in" slots open by match day...
  2. Dan Newberry

    Help with OCW target analysis

    LCDR you posted at the same time as I did... I think you're right in your advice on the higher node. Dan
  3. Dan Newberry

    Help with OCW target analysis

    graduations are too far apart, and charges at the top end are way too hot (just because fresh brass doesn't initially show pressure signs, that doesn't mean you're okay there)... your accuracy node would be at 42.6 grains, and there ought to be anohter at 43.8 grains Did you only shoot one...
  4. Dan Newberry

    Training Courses Day Clinic openings, BangSteel.com (southwest Virginia)... JULY 18

    We have some openings to fill in the day clinic being offered at the BangSteel.com range on July 18th. This will be the only open day clinic in July. We should be booking another clinic in August, on the 15th. The cost of the day clinic is only 120 dollars per person, all included. We...
  5. Dan Newberry

    struggling to find data for .270. Please help!

    You will see that quite often, for sure. I would guess they shot that data when Varget was relatively new, and they wanted to be more conservative. They go the other way at times, too, as with the IMR powders in the 308 win (the 4895 and 4064 maximums are way too hot). Look at Hodgdon's data...
  6. Dan Newberry

    struggling to find data for .270. Please help!

    I don't know where you found that data... but you do have to go with your instincts here. :) Hodgdon publishes (on their webpage) a max of 46 grains of 4064 with 140's, and Varget is in that burn range (a tiny bit slower, normally, and can usually be loaded a tad hotter than 4064). Jack...
  7. Dan Newberry

    struggling to find data for .270. Please help!

    You should be safe at 47 grains, and find decent accuracy there. Load one shell at 45, another at 46, and if they show no pressure signs, try a group at 47.0 grains of Varget and see how things look. I'd use magnum primers to help with the low density powder charge. The load should work, and...
  8. Dan Newberry

    Primer rupture help

    indeed, it's the primers... don't bark up any other trees, we've seen too much of this lately... go with Federal or CCI and it'll be all better.
  9. Dan Newberry

    OCW affected by New DBM?

    The barrel's vibration pattern is set into motion by the shock wave (Chris Long has identified this wave, and charted its behavior). Long also calls it the "acoustic wave" because that's of course what it is. It moves at the speed of sound in steel, beginning at the chamber and going to the...
  10. Dan Newberry

    nosler 270 accubond long range

    I haven't tried them... but I would like to. With an advertised G1 BC of .625, that thing should cruise... if you can get it to 2800 fps using IMR 7828 or possibly H1000 (which should be no problem) it would take a pretty slick 7mm Mag just to hang with it. :o But of course Nosler is making...
  11. Dan Newberry

    Melissa Gilliland's article on the Guardian Long Range Match...

    The Guardian Long Range Rifle Competition at Bangsteel Range, Wytheville, VA | Ashbury Precision Ordnance, Mfg.
  12. Dan Newberry

    308 155gr Loads with H4895 or H335??????

    With the 155's, I use 45.6 grains of IMR 4895 in Winchester brass... or 45.3 grains in Lapua... FC brass, do 45.1 grains. The H4895 will be close...
  13. Dan Newberry

    "Drill bite" style case trimmers

    I've got a couple WFT's ready to test.. but haven't used them yet. Here's what I've been doing... a method which has been christened by a fellow forum member as: "The Spinning Vice Grips of Death" :D Not as fast as a Giraud... but much, much cheaper! :)...
  14. Dan Newberry

    OCW w/ 16.5" 308, 175gr SMK and IMR 4895 - advise on next step?

    One shot of the 42.7 grain charge "points to" where the 43.0 grain charge ends up going... So I'd stay back from that area. Scatter at 41.8 still points to 42.4 grains. I'd stay at 42.4, and work with seating depth and I think it'll work. Dan
  15. Dan Newberry

    May 31st BangSteel Challenge, SW Virginia... a few spots open, + match details

    menigk... awesome pics too! I somehow missed those earlier. Thanks for sharing them... and good job in the match, my man.
  16. Dan Newberry

    May 31st BangSteel Challenge, SW Virginia... a few spots open, + match details

    upSLIDEdown... awesome pics, for sure... I love those! :) Gray... you did a fantastic job. On the final stage, you'd no more than hit the ground before you connected that 888 yard shot for the win. A class act, you are. :) Dan
  17. Dan Newberry

    What do I really need to reload ammo

    You can check my webpage linked below... click on "tools of the trade" and see what you think... Dan
  18. Dan Newberry

    May 31st BangSteel Challenge, SW Virginia... a few spots open, + match details

    Ladd, thanks for the kind words. It was great having you with us. Thanks for seeing the value in spotting one's own impacts in the scope... that's apparently not emphasized very often (if at all) in most courses... But I believe if we find ourselves working alone, and if we've relied too...
  19. Dan Newberry

    May 31st BangSteel Challenge, SW Virginia... a few spots open, + match details

    Top ten for this match, in order: 1. Gray Sloan 2. Steven Best 3. Bryan Lewis 4. Ronnie Crouch 5. Melvin Martin 6. Mark Williams 7. Matt Enigk 8. Josh Bowers 9. Mike Thompson 10. Peter Botton
  20. Dan Newberry

    May 31st BangSteel Challenge, SW Virginia... a few spots open, + match details

    Many thanks to our sponsors for this match! :) Atlas Tactical Vortex optics dealer (call for price quotes) 540-626-7555 Jacob S. Porter, Freedom Group Gunsmith, Armorer Instructor [email protected] Jeremy Kahn Kahntrol Solutions muzzle brakes kahntrol.com Douglas Barrels Douglas...
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